RIMS Fellow (RF) designation

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The Global Risk Management Institute, Inc. (GRMI) is an institute that issues the Canadian Risk Management (CRM) and RIMS Fellow (RF) Designations to its members and is an alumni association of individuals who hold these designations.

Credential. Add the RF next to your name. Verification that you have achieved the knowledge, skills and tools needed to identify and manage operational, financial, external, and other risks and to look at risk strategically in the organization.

Career Development: Formal training to strengthen your career and professional resume.

To Become a RIMS FellowYou submit the application to be a RIMS Fellow candidate. You need not have completed all the RF requirements before submitting an application for the RIMS Fellow candidacy.

RIMS Fellow and GRMI ApplicationTo register as a RIMS Fellow candidate, you download the application form, complete, and send with a $50 check (U.S.). Attach copies of any documentation demonstrating completion of any course requirements. Candidates should retain a copy of all documents that are sent to RIMS.

You automatically become a member of the Global Risk Management Institute, Inc. (GRMI) when you are accepted as a RIMS Fellow candidate. In order to maintain the (RF) Designation, membership in the Global Risk Management Institute, Inc. (GRMI) must remain current.

Online Courses: Each RIMS on-line course counts as a one-day workshop towards the RIMS Fellow designation. A maximum of four on-line courses can be used towards obtaining the RIMS Fellow designation. For details of the online courses, click here.

In order to receive credit you must send us a copy of your Certificate of Completion that you receive at the end of the on-line course. Please send the copy to RIMS, Professional Development Department, 1065 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10018 or fax to 212-655-5929.

Obtain RIMS Fellow Credits (RF Credits) by attending two days of RIMS Fellow Workshops every two years.

Obtain 20 Professional Development Components (PDC’s) every two years. * PDC’s will be given for the following activities, among others: Professional Activity in Risk ManagementAn individual must report the completion of a pattern of continued professional activities related to risk management and can include participation in chapter meetings and seminars, attendance at conferences, teaching courses, publishing articles, and speaking engagements. The individual report is verified by RIMS. For specific details, click here to contact the RIMS Professional Development Department.

Ethical StandardsAn individual is expected to adhere to a standard of high ethical conduct.